BREWER — Heather Leet and Chelsea Begin combined on a goal with 7:55 left in the game as fifth-ranked Cony knocked off No. 4 Brewer, 1-0, in an Eastern A field hockey quarterfinal Wednesday afternoon.
October 2011
Newest tool now newest drug choice
The newest drug to help treat opiate addiction is now being sold by drug dealers and abused by addicts in Portland and other Maine communities.
Maine seeks early education grant
AUGUSTA — Maine is requesting a $32.2 million federal grant to improve the quality of and access to early childhood learning and development programs.
Drug use impacts every level, even doctors
AUGUSTA — It’s disappointing that the hero doctor in the TV program “House” is addicted to Vicodin, said Dr. Lani Graham. Graham, however, knows doctors are not superhuman.
Obama peddles jobs plan in Va., NC
Andrew James St. Amand, 34, remains an arson suspect in an April 9 fire at 23 Windsor St., Randolph, according to Sgt. Ken Grimes of the Office of the State Fire Marshal. A story on page B1 of Tuesday’s edition may have left the impression St. Amand has been cleared because he has not been indicted or charged with arson.
Addicts seeking helpfor drug abuse on rise
PORTLAND — It takes Blake Carver just a few minutes to walk down the front steps of Serenity House, shaking hands with the men gathered to congratulate the house’s newest “graduate.”
Births: Aug. 16-Sept. 26
AUGUSTA — A daughter, Zakiyah Lee Omot Akol, was born Sept. 26 at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta campus, to Shawna Lagueux and Okong Akol of Augusta.
Needed: Quilt squares that inspire hope
WATERVILLE — Kennebec Behavioral Health, 67 Eustis Parkway, is collecting quilt squares donated by community members for its Quilt of Hope project.
Workshops offer free pet advice
AUGUSTA — The Kennebec Valley Humane Society will host free animal wellness workshops led by John Flowers, a local veterinarian and owner of At Home Veterinary Care in West Gardiner.
Project brings change to apartment complex
AUGUSTA — Two years and about $4 million ago, Greentree Apartments was in shambles, physically and financially.